The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-11-16

back: but there is an intelligent and noble
minded forecast which we love to see
in men who have fa'niliea and kindred
dependent upon them for the blessings Of
education and home God sends us to the
insects tor 4 lesson which, while they do nca
stint themselves in the preseftt. d. not forget
their duty to forestall the future: go to the
ant. thou .sluggard. consider her ways and
be wise, which. llatftts no guide. overseer, or
ruler, pr0videth her meat in the sum
mer aha sattefe:t her food In the
harvest Now there fra two ways
G5 } ayHs 9 p nSnsg ths GG bbgf by nTsstTs on5 osn
ing it on bond and mortgage Tie other way
of laying up money is giving it away. Hs Is
the safestlwho makes both of these invest
ments. But the ntan who devo.es none of his
gain to the cause Of Christ ard thinks
only of his own comfort and luxury
is rot safe. don't care how his money is in
"I will held bly, breath and no one shall
have q, snatch of fragroiice fFdnd Ine until
next |eek. and then will set al tie
garden .atoat WitE tne aroma The time
comes, but having been without fragrance for
SC !GnS; ithaS nothing then to give. But above
all lay up treaSures in heaven. They meyer
depreciate in value They never arc At
discount. They are always available. You
may feel safe now t.ith your present yearly
income but what will such an income be
worth after you are dead? Others will get it.
Perhaps some of them will quarrel about it
befsrst ttou. !. are: :, buried. They will
They are only waiting for you to dis.
What then will all your accumulation
be worth if YOU could gather it all into your
o,,l IL TO hoo afa2
It would not purchase your admission; or,
if allowed to, enter. it could not buy you a
crowii OF i;oito, Ind the. poorest saint in
heaven would look down and say: "Where
did that pauper come from:'
Finally, learn from this subject that in
every famine there is a s.oreho,la, Up the
long row of building. piled to the very ;;0ot
with corn. come the hungry multitudes. and
Joseph commanded that their sacks and their
wagons be filed. The world has been blasted.
Every green thing was withered under TIE
and islands, and zones, comes up the
Sroan # dying. millions. Over. tropical
spice s-gFove. and Sibtfia1 ice-hut and
Hindu Jingle the Eight has fallen The FAM
inc is universal. But. glory DE &c Sod, there
is n great storehouse. Jesus Christ. our eide:
brother. this dav bids US come in from our
hunger and beggary. and obtain infinite sup
plies of grace enoug gh to make us rich forever.
Many of you have for all long
while been smtten of the famine.
The world has not stilled the throbbing
of your spirit. Your conscience sometimes
rcus.s. YOU Up with such suddenness and
strength that it requires the. most gigantic
determination to quell the disturbance: Y5ur
courage quakeS at the thought of the future.
Oh. why will you tarry amid the blastings Of
the famine when such glorious storehouse
is open in Gods mercy?
"Yc #retched. htngrr; starving poor,
Behold q royal feast
Whe7e mercy spreads her bounteous store
For every humble guest
"See, Jesns stands with open arms,
He calls He bids you come;
Gull holds you back and fear alarms.
But see, there yet is room."